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The Broad Contemporary Museum isn't set to open until 2015, but they already have chef Timothy Hollingsworth onboard to run the museum restaurant. Hollingsworth is a big deal: He worked for years as chef de cuisine at The French Laundry. He stepped down from that position in 2013, and moved to...

If you're a sports fan, this is a glorious time of year. The Stanley Cup finals begin tonight (Go Kings!), the NBA finals begin tomorrow (Your Clippers comment here: ____ ) and the Dodgers are finally trying to play some decent baseball. If you don't live in a frat house,...

Memorial Day - a holiday with a somber meaning that we have turned into something joyous. The beginning of summer. The beginning of barbecue season. The beginning of white shoes. While we hope that you do pause on Monday to reflect on those we've lost, we also hope you have...

Adam Fleischman has a knack for gimmick. The guy who launched the Umami Burger empire and recently announced that he'll be opening a chocolate-flavored fried chicken joint is no stranger to super concept-y concepts. And so, when he announced that Roadhouse LA, his new venture at The Improv, would be "international BBQ" it was easy...

Maybe the folks at Bludso's Bar-&-Cue in Hollywood secretly just want to be party planners. Because in addition to being formidable pit masters, beer geeks and cocktailians, they seem to be spending a lot of time throwing sudden parties - pop-up breakfast tacos, whole pig roasts for football games, like tailgating events with swank...

Roadhouse: It's no longer just 1989's best movie. It's also now a barbecue restaurant at the Hollywood Improv. As announced back in April of last year, Roadhouse LA is a collaboration between Umami Burger's Adam Fleischman and chef Robbie Richter, who was the original pitmaster at Brooklyn's lauded Fatty Cue...